Project 1: Animate Your Artwork

Time allotted: approximately 30 minutes
We'll use a simple animation program from ABCya! Easy to use, and it's free, so you can try it at home, too!



The steps for this project:

• Watch short animation video on how to create an animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4-PW_gMGSU
• Open ABCya animate: http://www.abcya.com/animate.htm and click GO
• Steps to create an animation:
  • Draw a picture
  • Click on copy frame
  • Click on select
  • Draw a "box" around picture, then move picture
  • Click on copy frame
  • Continue...

Simple example